The Iola register., 1887-01-14


mind and soul and withdraw your name
from Christian churches and say: 'sKnow
al the world bv these presents that I am
. patron Of uncleanness and . child Of
hell" Sworn to be the Lords, you are
perjurers.
But ct last the tide has turned, and tho
despisers Of purity overdid the matter. A
foreign actress Of base morals arrived, in
tending to make the tour Of the States, but
the remaining decency Of our cities rose up
and cancelled the contracts, and drove her
back from our American stage-a woman
At for neither continent In tho name Of
Almighty God take these denominations by
the throat. II you think these ofenses are
to 60 ON forever, you do not know who the
Lord is. God will not wait for the day Of
judgment All these palaces Of sin will
become palace Of righteousness. They
will come into the possession Of those
strong for virtue and strong for God. '.He
shall divide the spoil with the strong"
China and Africa, the two richest por.
ti0ns Of the earth by reason Of metals and
rare woods and inexhaustible productive
ness, are not yet divided up among the
good because they are not ready to be di-
vided. Wait until the doors that Living
stone opened in Africa shall be entered,
and Bishop Taylor with his band of self
supporting missionaries have done their
work, and the Ashantees and Senegambi-
ans shall know Christ as well as you know
Him, and there shall be on the banks Of
the Nile and the Niger higher civilization
than Is now to be found on the banks Of
the Hudson, then Christ will divide up the
continent among His friends.
Wait until China, which is half as large
as all Europe, shall have developed her ca
pacities for rice, tea and sugar among edi-
bles; and her amethyst, and sapphire, and
topaz, and opal, and jaspar, and porhyry
among precious stones; and her rosewood,
and ebony, and camphor, and varnish trees
among precious woods; aud turned up from
her depths half dozen Pennsylvanias of
coal and iron, and twenty Nevadas of sill
yer, and fifty CALIFORNIA; Of gold, and her
5OO,OOO,O 900 of people shall be evangelized-
then the Lord will divide it up among the
good.
II my text be not deception, but an
eternal truth, then the time is coming
when all the farms will be owned by
Christian farmers, and all the commerce
controlled by Christian merchants, and all
the authority held by Christian officials,
and all the ships commanded by Christian
Capbtlu3, anu al tuS univ CISAtACS uuucE luo
instructions of Christian professors,
Christian Kings, Christian Presidents,
Christian Governors, Christian Mayors,
Christian Common Council Yet, what q
securing out! What an upturning! what
o demolition! what resurrection, must
precede this new apportionmenti
I do not underrate the enemy. julius
Caesar got his greatest victories by fully
estimating the vastness Of his foes and
prepared his men for their greatest triumph
by saying: Tomorrow King Juba will be
here with 30, 90 horses, 1OO, ,0JO skirmishers
and 800 elephants" / do not underrate
the vast forces of sin and death, but do you
know who commands usl Jehovah-J Jireh.
And the reserve corps behind US are all
the armies Of Heaven and earth, with hur-
ricane and thunderbolt The good work of
the worlds redemption is going on every
minute. Never so many noble men aud
glorious women on the side Of right as to-
day. Never so many good people as now.
Diogenes has been spoken Of as wise
man because he went with q lantern at
MONDAY, saying he was looking for an
honest man. II he had turned his lantern
toward himself he might have discovered y
crank.
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Through tho international series of Sun.
day-scnool lessons the next generation all
through Christendom are going to be wiser
than any generation since the world stood.
The kingdom Is coming. God can do it.
No housewife with a chamois cloth ever
polished q silver teaspoon with more ease
than Christ will rub Of from this world
the tarnish and brighten it up till it glows
like Heaven. and then tho GLORIOUS appor-
tionment, for my text is REINFORCED by .
score of other texts, when it says of
Christ: "He shall divide tho spoil with the
strong"
"But," you say, "thst is pleasant to
think OF for others, but before that time I
shall have passed up into another existence,
and l shall get no advantage from this new
apportionment." All, you have only driven
me to the moro exciting and transporting
consideration, and that is that Christ Is
going to divide up Heaven in the same way.
There are old estates in the celestial world
that have been in tho possession Of its in
habitants for thousands Of years, and they
shall remain as they are. There are old
family mansions in Heaven filed with
whole generations Of kindred, and they
shall never be driven out. Many Of the
victors from earth have already got their
palaces, and they are pointed to those
newly arrived. Soon after our getting
there we will ask to be shown the apostolic
residences, and ask where does Paul live,
and John, and shown the patriarchal resi-
dences, and shall say: "Where does Abra-
ham live, or Jacob3" and shown the mar
tyrresidences and say: "Where does John
Huss live, and Ridleyl" We will want to
see the boulevards where the chariots Of
conquerors roll. ! will want to see the
gardens where the Princes walked.
We will want to see Music Row, where
Handel, and Haydn and Mozart, and
Charles Wesley, and Thomas Hastings,
and Bradbury, have their homes, out Of
their windows, ever and anon, rolling some
sonnet of an earthly ora:orio or hymn
transported with the composer. We will
want to see Revival Terrace, where White
field, and Nettleton, and Payson, and Row.
land Hill, and Charles Finney, and other
giants Of soul reaping, are resting from
their almost supernatural labOrs, their
doors thronged with converts Just ar
rived, coming to report themselves.
But brilliant as the sunset, and like the
leaves for number, are the celestial homes
yet to be awarded, when Christ to you, and
millions Of others, shall divide the spoil.
What do you want therei You shall have
it. An orchardl There it is; twelve man.
ner of fruit, and fruit every month.
Do you want river sccnerya Take your
choice ON the banks Of the river, in
longer, wider, deeper roll than Danube, or
Amazon, or Mississippi, il mingled in one,
and emptying into the sea Of glass, mingled
with fire. Do you want your kindred back
againl Go out and meet your father and
mother, without the stan or stoop, and your
children In dane, Of immortal glee. Do
you want throne? Select 1t from the mill
ion FURNISHED elevations. Do you want q
crownl Pick it out of that mountain Of
diamond coronets. Do you want your old
church friends Of earth around you'll Begin